Hoi An is a lovely historical town in central Vietnam, just 40 minutes from Da Nang. We heard that during the war, Americans were told not to bomb the city, so many of the old shops remain intact. The city was a trade center between Vietnam, China, and Japan and remains a shopping mecca.
It is also a food mecca and, although the town sits on a river, it is a few miles from a sandy ocean beach.
Hoi An also has an enormous market complex where fresh vegetables, meats, fabric, and so on are sold. There is also an extensive "food court" in the market.
Our hotel is lovely...apparently it is standard to strew bathroom and bedding with flowers and flower petals...we also have five fresh flower arrangements in our room.
We meet Missy -- our friend from the Halong Bay cruise for dinner at Miss Ly's restaurant. One of the owners, Nathan, was enchanted by Barbara due to her Alaska connections, and got us in without a reservations - turning away many others.
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